Adjustable brake rod with removable bushing



Aug. 26 1930. I L VAN RlPER Er AL 1,773,895

ADJUSTABLE BRAKE ROD WITH REMOVABLE BUSHING Filed April 23, 1928 N QJ17. V ldez zen Fa Gucci a I Patent d ii i I r i PATENTOFFICE JAMESFJVAN RIIPER nn mI'rcH EL MULL IGAII; or sou'rn BROWNSVILLE,

' s e -,I'PENNSYLVANIAI v v ADJUSTABLE BRAKE BOD WITH, REMO ABLE mnsnmeApplication flled 'April, 23, 1928. Seria1 No. 272,265. I

- This invention relates tobrake rod con ing 16 formed with internalthreadsto accomstruction, the primary object of the invention'in'o'datethe adjusting bolt 17, that engages the 7 being to providemeans whereby, h r k bearing12 to adjust the bearing whenit is g arodfor a locomotive may be readily-and,ea desired'to adjust the throwof-the brake rod ily repaired'when the threads in which the or pullrodilOQ 55 I adjusting bolt of the-brake rod operat s, vb As shown, therod- 1O is supported in the] H come stripped. usual and well knownmanner, the same rest- AllOthGI object OftllB IlIlVGIitlOli 1S tOPIO-inginthe hanger 18 so that. movement of the "wid a r m v h g to r ivthe, rod'Will be accomplished without bending of b threaded adjustingbolt so that Whenthe the rod. A look nut indicated at 19 is used in 2from the spirit of the invention.

hr b m 'lpp i' h b I my connection with the-bolt 17 and acts to'lockreadily IQHIOVGdBIld. rep1aced,there y elimithe bolt in its positions ofadjustment. 7 nating the-n cessity of disc r i g t brake Fromthe'foregoingit will be obvious'that T l t0 replace h a g d brake'rodWlth' a due to this. construction the bushing maybe new one. d I readilyand easily removed and replaced, 65 1 With e fo g i g. ;o h l 1 shouldthe bushing in use be rendered inoper-' Vi w W h W l ppear asfthe',descrl pq Op ative by reason of the threads beingstripped, proceeds,theinventi'on IGSlClGS in the coinb I W l i 'j; p 1 a v nation andarrangement Parts n the i In a device ofthe character described, a 1details of Construction l'fl fifi l' described brakerod having anelongated end portion 70 I Y and claimed, it being understood thatchanges formed with an opening, a brake lever,;one in the preciseembodiment ofth ll f l end of the brakeleverbeing positioned withinherein disclosed, may e m d g' h 'F -the opening',' a bushing having anextension Scope of What 1Sfc1a1med wltholjlt QP defining.,shoulders,said bushing being positioned within the opening of the brake rod, '75,l F m Q a g the extension thereof extending into the opena Flgure 1 15 aslde y op l w ing of the enlarged end portion, the outer end tratingabralre rodsupplied with arernovab e of the extensionlying flush withthe outer b g Constructed 1T1 or e 71th surface of the enlarged end ofthe brake rod, invention. I 5 I I an adjusting bolt extending throughthe bushs0- Figure? 1s a sect onal view taken on l1ne si a d i g th b klever t dj t.

; gq the brake lever, a nut on the adjusting bolt 1S a Sectlonal n wtaken on hne and engaging theouter end of the 'extension' 33 of lflgure1- and brake rod'to'hold the bushing and bolt a i Referring to the drawng in detail, the ref- 'ingtlheir active-positions. 85 1 Hence character5,deslgna'tes one P the In testimonythat we claim the foregoing v beamsa locomotlve frame to F t as-our own, We have hereto afiixed'oursignabrake cylinder 61s connected, thebrake cylinturea v g y g s derbeing of the usual and well known conv v JAMES V AN PER v 7 struction,and connected with the brake lever: r 1 Y'MITCHAEL MULLIGAN f 90 throughthe links8and9respectively. I V a i The reference character 10designatesthe i brake rod which is formed with an elongated opening 11at one of itsends, in which the l bearing member 12 moves, the bearingmexn- V v ber 12 being connected with the brake lever 7 1 as b meansofthe bolt 13 that passes through the ea ring 12. I

In one end of therod is an opening 14 de- 7 r a v s v I a d signed toreceive the extension 15 of the bush- I V I a m

